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Fiona Choi

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Fiona Choi
Born
EducationMonash University (BComm)
Edith Cowan University (BA)
Occupation(s)Actor, voice actor
WebsiteOfficial website

Fiona Choi is an Australian actress, singer and stage performer, best known for her lead role as Jenny Law in Benjamin Law's award-winning SBS Comedy The Family Law for which she received an AACTA Award nomination for Best Performance in a Television Comedy[1] and 3 consecutive Equity Ensemble Awards for Outstanding Performance in a Comedy Series. Fiona is also known for her work on stage in Melbourne Theatre Company's Golden Shield and Torch The Place as well as her one-woman show Dragon Lady: The Many Lives & Deaths of Anna May Wong which premiered to much acclaim at the 2019 Adelaide Cabaret Festival[2]

Early life

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Fiona Choi was born in Melbourne, Australia to Chinese immigrant parents. She began acting as a child, appearing musical roles including Nicky in Sweet Charity, Chiffon in Little Shop of Horrors, Squeaky Fromme in Assassins and Eva Peron in Evita. She graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor of Commerce, but did this primarily to please her parents. After this she moved to Perth for a Bachelor of Arts in musical theatre at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts at Edith Cowan University.[3]

Career

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Upon graduation Choi was cast in the original Australian company of Rent. Her other Australian theater credits include Metamorpheses, directed by Mary Zimmerman, for the MTC, and Mamma Mia!, directed by Phyllida Lloyd. Choi had a two-month guest arc as Laura Wallace on the Australian show Neighbours.[4]

Choi moved to New York in 2003 to continue her acting career. Her film and TV credits include: Homeland, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Person Of Interest, New Year's Eve, Unforgettable and The Newsroom.

She was involved in the development of the musicals Apathy: A Gen X Musical and FAMBAM360.[citation needed]

In 2015, Choi returned to Australia to star as Jenny Law in The Family Law. Produced by Matchbox Pictures and airing on SBS in Australia. The Family Law was nominated for a 2016 AACTA Award for best comedy.[5] Choi was nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Performance In A Television Comedy. Season 2 aired on SBS in 2017[6] and season 3 followed in 2019.[7] All 3 seasons of The Family Law earned its cast an Equity Ensemble Award for Outstanding Performance in a Comedy Series.[8][9]

Fiona played Cindy Nguyen in all 3 seasons of Mustangs FC[10] and has guest-starred in The Letdown, Wentworth, Utopia, True Story with Hamish & Andy, My Life is Murder and Harrow.[11]

Choi has also worked as casting director for the North American musical tours of Scooby-Doo Live! Musical Mysteries and Chuggington. She has also cast talent for assorted on-air promo campaigns.[citation needed]

In 2019, Choi performed in Golden Shield for Melbourne Theatre Company,[12] followed by Torch The Place in 2020[13] which had a truncated season due to the coronavirus disease 2019.

Choi in 2023 appeared in ABC series Australian Epic.[14] Choi was then announced and appeared in the Stan Australia series Population 11 and also appeared in three episodes of White Fever.[15]

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2024 White Fever Becky 3 episodes
2024 Population 11 Charmaine Ling TV Series
2023 Australian Epic Various 6 episodes
2022 Surviving Summer (TV series) Amelia Cross 1 episode
2020-21 Wentworth (TV series) Andrea Casey 2 episodes
2017-20 Mustangs FC Cindy 13 episodes
2019 Secret Bridesmaids' Business Dr. Elise Reardon 4 episodes
Utopia Lucy 1 episode
My Life Is Murder Mrs Zhang 1 episode
2017-19 The Letdown Belle 3 episodes
2019 Get Krack!n Nancy Lee 1 episode
2016-19 The Family Law Jenny Law 18 episodes
2018 Back In Very Small Business Sarina 1 episode
Harrow (TV series) Anita Durete 1 episode
2017 Sisters Dr Tan 1 episode
True Story with Hamish & Andy Sophie 1 episode
2015 Person of Interest (TV series) Samaritan Tech 1 episode
2014 Taxi Brooklyn Desk Sergeant 1 episode
Unforgettable Camryn 1 episode
2013 Fortune Sun Jae Lee TV Series
Alpha House Reporter 1 episode
Homeland (TV series) Reporter 1 episode
The Newsroom ACN Reporter 1 episode
2011 A Gifted Man Tessa 1 episode
The Big C Stroller Mom #1 1 episode
Too Big to Fail Second Reporter TV Movie
Blue Bloods Teach 1 episode
2005 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Lisa 1 episode
2001 Neighbours Laura 7 episodes
1995 Blue Heelers Lucy Chen 1 episode

Film/Shorts

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Year Title Role Notes Ref
2023 Parental Guidance Tracy Short
2023 Jones Family Christmas Dot
2022 Assets Alpha Short
2021 Share Screen Ella Short
2011 New Years Eve Balinese Woman
2011 Smoking Nonsmoking Wang
2009 The Pack Katie Wang
1999 Shooting Blanks Kiki
Penzai Jing Xiao Short

Stage

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Choi has performed in numerous stage performances. In 2022 she appeared in Into The Woods.[16] In 2024, Choi appeared in the play Seventeen alongside Pamela Rabe and Richard Piper.[17]

Year Title Role Notes Ref
2024 Seventeen Lizzy MTC [18]
2022 Single Asian Female Pearl [19]
2022 Laurinda Katie MTC
Into The Woods Baker's Wife
2020 Torch The Place MTC [20]
2019 Golden Shield Julie Chen MTC [21]
2019 Dragon Lady Anna May Wong Adelaide Cabaret
2003 Metamorphoses Various MTC
2001 Mamma Mia Understudy

source: [22]

References

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  1. ^ SBS: The 6th AACTA Awards Nominations
  2. ^ "Cabaret Festival Review: Dragon Lady – the Many Lives and Deaths of Anna May Wong • Glam Adelaide". 8 June 2019.
  3. ^ Choi, Fiona. "About". fionachoi.com. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  4. ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1934381/ [user-generated source]
  5. ^ SBS: The 6th AACTA Awards Nominations
  6. ^ "The Family Law is the one Australian TV show everyone should be watching right now". 22 June 2017.
  7. ^ "'The Family Law' is back for season 3. Here's where we left off..." 8 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Equity Ensemble Awards".
  9. ^ Knox, David (14 May 2015). "Cameras roll on The Family Law | TV Tonight". TV Tonight. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Amanda Higgs and Rachel Davis on the female-led 'Mustangs FC'". 10 October 2017.
  11. ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1934381/ [user-generated source]
  12. ^ "Golden Shield".
  13. ^ "What's on".
  14. ^ Knox, David (7 November 2023). "Australian Epic | TV Tonight". TV Tonight. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  15. ^ Keast, Jackie (30 January 2024). "Ben Feldman leads Stan and Lionsgate's 'Population 11'". IF Magazine. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  16. ^ Bergman, Gabi (29 October 2021). "Watch This presents INTO THE WOODS". AussieTheatre.com. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  17. ^ Nicholas, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Andrew Fuhrmann, Jessica (20 January 2024). "Veteran actors play teenagers in a show that is both comedic and poignant". The Age. Retrieved 17 August 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ Review, Arts (12 January 2024). "Melbourne Theatre Company kicks off Season 2024 with Seventeen". Australian Arts Review. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  19. ^ "Theatre review: Single Asian Female - InDaily". www.indaily.com.au. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  20. ^ Tan, Cher (21 February 2020). "Organised chaos: Torch the Place". witnessperformance.com. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  21. ^ "Review: Golden Shield, Southbank Theatre (VIC)". www.artshub.com.au. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  22. ^ "Fiona Choi". www.kublerauckland.com. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
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